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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Online seminar with Sarah Limb (King’s College London): 
“Temporary Migrants? Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries at King’s College London, 1918–70”

🗓 5 November 2025 13:00 CET 👉 Join here: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/8976474870...

Chair: Christian D. Pedersen (SDU)

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Online seminar with Sarah Limb (King’s College London): 
“Temporary Migrants? Students from Colonised and Commonwealth Countries at King’s College London, 1918–70”

🗓 5 November 2025 13:00 CET 👉 Join here: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/8976474870...

Chair: Christian D. Pedersen (SDU)

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · 9d

CfA: Ph.d.-kursus i Samtidshistorie

Er du ph.d.-studerende med fokus på samtidshistorie, og har du lyst til at diskutere feltets styrker og svagheder? Så har Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning et ph.d.-kursus for dig!

Tilmeld dig senest 6/12: www.conferencemanager.dk/phd-kursusis...

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · 12d

I lyset af de seneste dages begivenheder vil jeg gerne slå et ekstra slag for dette vigtige arrangement 👇
📣 Meld dig straks til Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forsknings næste årsmøde om “Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”
📅 30.01.2026
👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

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Carlsbergfondet @carlsbergfondet.dk · Sep 3

TALKING EMPIRE projektet undersøger, hvordan britiske premierministre har brugt UKs koloniale fortid til at forme nutidens politik? Med en Semper Ardens Accelerate-bevilling kan @christiandp.bsky.social dykke dybt ned i 6 årtiers taler 👉 Søg en bevilling bit.ly/4nefZbS #dkforsk

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tak til @carlsbergfondet.dk for denne video om TALKING EMPIRE projektet 👇
@empiressdu.bsky.social

Carlsbergfondet @carlsbergfondet.dk · Sep 3

TALKING EMPIRE projektet undersøger, hvordan britiske premierministre har brugt UKs koloniale fortid til at forme nutidens politik? Med en Semper Ardens Accelerate-bevilling kan @christiandp.bsky.social dykke dybt ned i 6 årtiers taler 👉 Søg en bevilling bit.ly/4nefZbS #dkforsk

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dagens arbejdsplads @carlsbergfondet.dk
#TalkingEmpire #carlsbergfondet #carlsbergfoundation #empiressdu #videooptagelse @empiressdu.bsky.social

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀CfA: PhD and postdoc for research project Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)
👉Postdoc fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
👉PhD fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅4 Sep 2025

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀CfA: PhD and postdoc for research project Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)
👉Postdoc fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
👉PhD fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅4 Sep 2025

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Joseph Ben Prestel @jbprestel.bsky.social · Jul 2

CfA: Postdoc position in British imperial/post-imperial history as part of a fascinating project with wonderful colleagues in Denmark.

Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation!

👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

📅4 Sep 2025

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚀We’re #hiring a postdoc (3-years) for our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation!

👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

📅4 Sep 2025

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚀 We’re #hiring a PhD student to join our research project – “Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)” 🇬🇧 – funded by the Carlsberg Foundation!
👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
📅 4 Sep 2025

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jun 27

Programdelen består bl.a. af:
🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke
🔸 Session om militært beredskab og civilforsvar
🔹 Session om kulturelt og åndeligt beredskab
🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jun 27

📣 Meld dig straks til Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forsknings næste årsmøde om

“Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”

📅 Fredag d. 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus)

👉 Tilmelding sker ved henvendelse til [email protected]

👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jun 27

Programdelen består bl.a. af:
🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke
🔸 Session om militært beredskab og civilforsvar
🔹 Session om kulturelt og åndeligt beredskab
🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Jun 27

📣 Meld dig straks til Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forsknings næste årsmøde om

“Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”

📅 Fredag d. 30. januar 2026 på KU (Søndre Campus)

👉 Tilmelding sker ved henvendelse til [email protected]

👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Jun 26

Programdelen består bl.a. af:
🔹 Keynote om beredskabshistorie i en ny sikkerhedspolitisk epoke
🔸 Panel om militært og civilt forsvar og beredskab
🔹 Panel om kulturelt beredskab
🔸 Roundtable om nordiske perspektiver på humaniora i krisetider

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Christian Damm Pedersen @christiandp.bsky.social · Jun 26

📣 Selskabet for Samtidshistorisk Forskning arrangerer #ÅRSMØDE2026 om

“Humanistiske forsvarsstudier – nye perspektiver på samtidshistorien”

📅 30. januar 2026, Københavns Universitet

👉 Tilmelding og kontingent: [email protected]

👉 Læs mere: sshf.saxo.ku.dk

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · May 15

Come and join us and Professor Greg Woolf (NYU) for a seminar on “The Distant Tyrant: Emperor, Empire, Innocence”.

All are welcome!

Date: 28 May 2025
Time: 2-4 PM
Venue: Room U160, SDU Odense
#empiressdu

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · May 14

Come and join us and Professor Arnaldo Marcone for a seminar on “Vespasian and His Times”!

27 May 2025, 10-12 AM, Gennemsigten, SDU Odense

This seminar is kindly sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in Denmark.

Arnaldo Marcone is Professor of Roman History at Roma Tre University. #empiressdu

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · May 13

Postdoc in Roman History and Climate Change!

Come work with us Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU and SDU Climate Cluster and Jesper Majbom Madsen and Sebastian H. Mernild

The deadline is fast approaching (15 May)

See link for more …

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · May 12

Tilmelding til Jesper Jørgensens ph.d.-forsvar er åben. Selve forsvaret finder sted d. 26. maj kl. 13 i lokale U69.

Jesper Jørgensen er arkivar ved Arbejdermuseet og ph.d.-studerende ved Center for Koldkrigsstudier på SDU.

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · May 12

Congratulations to Rasmus Glenthøj on securing funding from the Independent Research Fund Danmark (DFF) for “The Crimean War and Scandinavia” (CRIMESCAN), which will explore how the Crimean War (1853–1856) shaped nationalism, politics, and security thinking in Scandinavia.
#empiressdu

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today at 2pm 👇

Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Mar 14

📣 Seminar on post-imperial languages:

“Building Nations, Making Worlds, Creating Subjects: European Languages in Postcolonial Africa” 🌍

Christoph Kalter, University of Agder

🗓️ Monday, 7 April 2025, 2-4 pm 📍 CML Seminar Room ø20-405a-1, SDU Odense

All are welcome. Save the date!

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Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today at 2pm 👇

Empires, States, and Imperialism SDU @empiressdu.bsky.social · Mar 14

📣 Seminar on post-imperial languages:

“Building Nations, Making Worlds, Creating Subjects: European Languages in Postcolonial Africa” 🌍

Christoph Kalter, University of Agder

🗓️ Monday, 7 April 2025, 2-4 pm 📍 CML Seminar Room ø20-405a-1, SDU Odense

All are welcome. Save the date!

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